Remaking the Rust Belt tells the story of how local leaders throughout the Rust Belt adapted internationally circulating ideas about postindustrial redevelopment to create the jobs and amenities they believed would attract middle-class professionals, but in so doing widened and deepened economic inequality among urban residents.

Remaking the Rust BeltThe Postindustrial Transformation of North America

Tracy Neumann

2016 | 280 pages | Cloth $49.95
American History | Public Policy
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Cities and the Postindustrial ImaginationChapter 1. The Roots of PostindustrialismChapter 2. Forging Growth PartnershipsChapter 3. Postindustrialism and Its CriticsChapter 4. The New Geography of DowntownChapter 5. Spaces of Production and Spaces of ConsumptionChapter 6. Marketing PostindustrialismEpilogue. Cities for Whom?